four
/fɔː(r)/number
उच्चारण फ़ॉर
चार
Basic word
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§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
four + plural noun
Four is followed by a plural countable noun. The noun does not take an extra s for the number itself.
'Four' के बाद बहुवचन countable noun आता है।
- Four students were absent today.
- The train has four coaches.
four-year-old (compound adjective)
Before a noun, a measure with a number is hyphenated and the unit stays singular. After be, the unit is plural: 'The child is four years old'.
Noun से पहले संख्या वाली माप hyphen के साथ लिखी जाती है और इकाई एकवचन रहती है। Be के बाद इकाई बहुवचन होती है।
- She has a four-year-old daughter.
- The child is four years old.
on all fours; the four of us
On all fours means on hands and knees. The four of us / you / them is a pattern for a group of four.
'On all fours' का अर्थ हाथों और घुटनों के बल है। 'The four of us' चार के समूह के लिए आता है।
- The baby crawled on all fours across the floor.
- The four of us went to Jaipur by train.
four (as a score or at cards)
In cricket, a four is a boundary hit that crosses the rope after touching the ground, scoring four runs.
क्रिकेट में 'four' वह boundary है जो ज़मीन छूकर रस्सी पार करे और चार रन दे।
- He hit a four through the covers.
- The match ended with a four off the last ball.
+Collocations 4
four + plural noun
seasonscornersdirectionswallswheelssides
- A square has four equal sides.
number phrases
four-year-oldfour-day weekfour-lane roadfour-wheeler
- The four-lane highway cuts the travel time in half.
fixed phrases
on all foursto the four windsthe four of usfour corners
- The villagers came from the four corners of the district.
cricket and games
hit a fourfour runsfour wicketsfour aces
- She took four wickets in her first match.
“More examples 6
- Radhika has read four chapters since morning.
राधिका ने सुबह से चार अध्याय पढ़ लिए हैं।
- Four plus six makes ten.
चार और छह मिलकर दस होते हैं।
- The four seasons of India are marked by different festivals.
भारत की चार ऋतुएँ अलग-अलग त्योहारों से पहचानी जाती हैं।
- The four of them completed the project in a week.
उन चारों ने एक सप्ताह में परियोजना पूरी कर ली।
- A four-door car is more comfortable for a big family.
बड़े परिवार के लिए चार दरवाज़ों वाली कार अधिक आरामदायक होती है।
- Radhika read the four paragraphs twice before she answered.
राधिका ने उत्तर देने से पहले चारों अनुच्छेद दो बार पढ़े।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ She is a four years old girl.
✓ She is a four-year-old girl.
Before a noun, keep the unit singular and use hyphens.
Noun से पहले इकाई एकवचन रहती है और hyphen लगता है।
✗ The four of us are going, aren't it?
✓ The four of us are going, aren't we?
The question tag repeats the subject pronoun.
प्रश्न-सूचक tag में subject pronoun दोहराया जाता है।
¶Idioms 1
on all fours
(of a person) bent over with your hands and knees on the ground
घुटनों और हाथों के बल
- The baby crawled across the floor on all fours.
- He was on all fours looking for his lost ring.
?Which word?
Homophones: four, for and fore are all /fɔː/.
Homophones: four, for और fore सब /fɔː/ हैं।
Keep the four words: quarter, quartet, quadrilateral, quadruple, square; a four in cricket is a boundary that touches the ground.
चार के शब्द याद रखिए: quarter, quartet, quadrilateral, quadruple, square; क्रिकेट में four ज़मीन छूकर जाने वाली boundary है।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
On all fours (on hands and knees).
Idiom 'on all fours' (हाथों और घुटनों के बल)।